...The Everglades..... a beautiful place home to many creatures from around the world such as snakes, birds, many marine life, crocodiles, and of course gators. The Everglades is a very important place for many reasons. A lot of people who live in Florida rely on everglades for resources. Second of all the Everglades is home to many different species from around the state, country and the world as well. Some of the species who live in the Everglades are endangered so they rely on the Everglades as well for resources so they can reproduce. The third and final reason why humans should care about the Everglades is because of all the wetlands that are in there. Wetlands are for caring and for nurturing, almost like a hospital or a daycare. Most people refer to as the "Waste Lands". The first reason why the Everglade is a very important place to be is because of its resources that it has to offer. To us humans the Everglades is a thankful place to thank. The everglades supplies with many things such as water, food, and beautiful wildlife and...
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...Florida Everglades The Florida Everglades is a wetland. Not only is it a wetland but it is a home to tropical and marshland plant and animal species. Why let dangerous threats invade and destroy it who do not even belong there? The Everglades most recent threat is snakes. There are more and more snakes in the Everglades that the food chain for other animals is all cut up—destroyed. First of all, The snakes are Pythons and Anacondas. Which means these reptiles can reach up to at least 20 feet. 20 feet in us, humans size is like three adult men head-to-toe and a little longer. So what is so important about the Florida Everglades? Well, the answer to that is the value. Us, humans have did a lot for the Everglades. More than we really know! The Everglades have helped us out so now its time for us to help them. Animals right now, are fighting for food in the Everglades or either trying to adapt to another food, which is sad. If the snakes are out of the Everglades or was never even there the animals right now would never had to go and try to adapt to other foods and wouldn’t be on the verge or edge of being extinct. As it states in the first source " Are the Everglades Forever " paragraph 11"….The loss of the area's biodiversity doesn’t just hurt the plants and animals that originally made their homes there. Humans have benefited from the Everglades in many ways, from the creation of park and tourism jobs to the...
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...The Value and Importance of the Everglades "Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh my!" Just kidding! There aren't any Lions, Tigers, or Bears in the Florida Everglades. The Florida Everglades is home to many fascinating creatures and plants such as pythons, alligators, fish, insects, and mangrove trees. The Everglades is a really important ecosystem and habitat for these plants and animals. They all work together and help each other out. For one example, the mangroves provide housing for fish, and the fish keep poisonous plants off the mangroves. There are many more reasons why the Everglades is so important and read on to see. Biodiversity plays a huge role in the ecosystems of wetlands such as the Florida Everglades. From the article, "Are the Everglades Forever," it says that "Biodiversity is a good thing. Having many different kinds of plants and animals means that species have different choices for survival....
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...National parks are very important to our nation. These are centers of beautiful untouched nature. They are also unmistakable American symbols. National parks are the home to countless diverse species of animals. We must preserve national parks because they are important parts of America. So why are national parks so important anyway? Let's begin with the fact that they are massive areas of fascinating, untouched nature. This is essential in densely populated cities like New York. This means that many people who live in urban areas can experience nature in its most pristine form. They are also important to the vast diversity of animals that live there. Having immense areas of pure nature saves innumerable animal's habitats from being destroyed. This is why we must keep construction out of our national parks, consequently keeping them in their most natural form. Many people have been to at least one national park in their lifetime. Here in South Florida, one of the most popular national parks is the Everglades. The Everglades is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. It is the home to various animals such as birds, fish, insects, amphibians, and reptiles. Some of the most iconic animals that live in the Everglades are the crocodile along with the alligator. I remember...
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...Synopsis Port Everglades is the economic powerhouse for Broward County, the most diverse seaports in United States (Everglades, 2014). Located in the heart of Greater Fort Lauderdale and the City of Hollowed, Port Everglades is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world. The port is leading container port in Florida and among the most active cargo ports in the United States (Everglades, 2014). It is also the main seaport for receiving petroleum products including, gasoline and jet fuel. The total value of economic activity of Port Everglades is approximately $26 billion and more than 201,000 jobs are impacted by the Port across Florida (Everglades, 2014). Hurdles were cleared to expand Port Everglades to build a new wharf that can handle...
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...Exploring the everglades through an air boat ride Living in the city can sometimes be quite frustrating with a day to day job with many responsibilities. One should always try to take some time off with their loved ones to breath in a natural environment which is surrounded by wildlife and other animals. There is no place better to visit for an adventure than visiting Everglades in Florida. The everglades is an astonishing land covered with grass, water, mud and animals spreading across an area of 1,509,000 acres. It is the only place in the world where you can find alligators and American crocodile living side by side in harmony. Most of the people think that the area is a swamp, covered with dirt and grass, however everglades consist of a slow moving river, making it possible for boats to roam about. Why An Air boat ride is the best way to explore Everglades? The Everglades area has many mangroves tunnels, sawgrass marshes and pine flatwoods. That is why the best way to explore the everglades is through airboat rides in everglades. With most of the area covered with grass and mud, the best way to see hard to reach places is through an airboat, as the boat moves through a fan rather than a...
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...2013 – The Everglades Flood Control and Restoration: A Century of Disaster OUTLINE ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Before drainage of the Everglades began over a century ago, the wetlands of southern Florida were an interconnected hydrological assortment of lavish freshwater lakes and streams, cypress swamps, secluded estuarine lagoons, freshwater sloughs, tree islands, wet prairies, and mangrove swamps spanning 3.6 million hectares. After a century of intrusion, the daunting task of understanding, fixing, maintaining, and regaining a sustainable, natural Everglades-type ecosystem in South Florida is monumental. The area south of Lake Okeechobee now has a human population of over four million people, with greedy agricultural and urban demands for more water and more space. Therefore, several uphill battles have ensued. The conceptual plans for restoring this ecosystem, currently on record, are all extremely expensive to implement. A more thorough definition of the environmental and societal objectives and measures of success are required. How the ecosystem will respond to the return of a more natural hydrological pattern is uncertain, but needs to be addressed as the expected and desired outcome through measures of performance. The critical level of deterioration of the Everglades has created a crisis-management atmosphere instead of a full spectrum response and future prevention methodology. The political and social aspects of the Everglades restoration...
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...Feeling the Squeeze: The effects of the Python molorus bivittatus (Burmese python) in South Florida Inez Broom PCB 4043 October 7, 2015 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effects of Burmese python in their non-native environment of South Florida. The discovery of how and why they have made South Florida their home and the impact they have had on the local ecosystem will be discussed. In addition, the management and control methods being used. Introduction The Python molorus bivittatus referred to as the Burmese python originated from Southeast Asia and have made South Florida their permanent home. Burmese python have been considered a subspecies to the native Indian python and have been able to squeeze out...
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...the Pennsuco cement plant for over nineteen years now, so I have managed to learn a lot of its history through time and experience. Another reason is the fact that as a fellow employee the ruling to eliminate rock mining in Florida directly affects me mainly because this decision would put me out of a job. I would first like to begin by giving you a brief history of the Pennsuco land and how Titan America acquired the facility, so that you can have a better understanding of the issues that we are currently experiencing. In the early 1900s, Pennsylvania Sugar Co., which is where the term “Pennsuco” came from was one of several companies that obtained large acreages and planted sugar cane on the drained “muck land” of the Florida Everglades. Operations were good until the Great Depression of the 1930s hit the sugar market. Today the Pennsuco cement plant is located on the former Pennsuco sugar Farms property. (Cement Americas, 2005) In 1962 the Pennsuco site was purchased by Maule Industries, who then built one of the first ever cement plants in South Florida. It was eventually purchased in the 1970’s by Lonestar Cement who later sold the cement plant to Tarmac America who named it the Pennsuco facility. (Manufacturing Industry 1999) Finally, in 2000 Titan America purchased the Pennsuco cement plant. Since then,...
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...for herself and lived in a “house” of her own. Contrastly, Janie from, “Their Eyes,” is more of a dependent person. Janie doesn’t work in the beginning of the story while in her first marriage with Logan KIllicks, a man she only married because her grandma wanted her to. Janie not working, just sitting around and letting Logan do all the working, brings a problem to an already rocky relationship. To demonstrate, in a scene Logan confronts her about it and says , “ Yo’ grandma and me myself done spoilt yuh now, and ah reckon ah have to keep on wid it “ (26). This shows that Janie never had to do any hard work when she was younger, it was expected of her to find a man who would do all the working and pretty much just be a housewife. Which is why her grandmother married her off to Logan, her grandma knew he had money and land that Janie could own or benefit from. Clearly, Janie was the total opposite of Hushpuppy because she’s always had things done for her and relies on others to complete tasks. Something Hushpuppy and Janie have in common is their experiences with the male figures in their lives. Both Janie and Hushpuppy have been mistreated by a man in their lives. To demonstrate, Hushpuppy is abused physically and emotionally by her father. Throughout the film, her father is always yelling at her and treating her...
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...level species, these large animals are actually primary herbivorous. According to Manatee data of Everglades National Park, they graze on plants and different types of vegetation up to eight hours a day, and sometimes...
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...live in Oklahoma to this day. These people are one of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, making their settlement famous and known in this state. However, there is more to the Seminole people than just their mark on Oklahoma, which is known as Indian Territory. The Seminole tribe also has history in Florida and Georgia. They have fought three major wars in their time, which led them to their migration from state to state. “Seminole, North American Indian tribe of Creek origin who speak a Muskogean language” from Britannica. The Seminole tribe have shared land with the Creek people, and their land has ranged from Southern Georgia to Florida, and then to Oklahoma. According to sources, “The Seminoles located their new villages in the Everglades, a patchwork of dense thickets and wetlands that provided protective isolation from outsiders.” This statement gives a representation of what the Seminole homes looked like. Of course, tribes had to use what they could work with, typically with the surrounding areas of nature. These givens were grass, mud, wood, thickets, and more that the Seminole people could make with their own hands. This also included animals, not just for eating, but for their clothing as well. They typically wore patterned clothing with long skirts and feathers. However, the Seminole’s way of life was disrupted by the United States’ government. According to the Treaty of the Seminole, “By recommending a removal from to a country more suitable to their habits, and...
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...Love plays a very important role in “Their Eyes Were Watching God”. Janie spent the majority of her young life looking for love. She thought of love just as she thought of the springtime, sunny days, bright skies, a bee pollinating pear tree flower. Through the course of her three marriages she searched for this kind of perfect love. Logan Killicks couldn't give this kind of love to Janie; he may not have loved her at all. To him, Janie was just another working set of hands. He treated her almost like another man. He was inconsiderate of her feelings, her hopes, and her dreams. Logan worked Janie hard; he made her do all kinds of things that only men should have to do. He was even going to make her plow the field, which is a job that takes a large amount of strength, in which Janie didn't have. Janie complained that nothing lovely was ever said. She had no love with Logan Killicks.That is why she left him for a man that showed much potential to give the kind of love she was looking for. The man that Janie ran away with was Jody Starks. With Jody, Janie thought that she would forever have "flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything." She thought she'd have "a bee for her bloom.” She didn't exactly find this in Jody though. In him she definitely found change, but still not the love she was looking for. What Jody had for Janie was more of a lust than a love. He was very protective of her and didn't want anyone else to see in her what he saw. He gave...
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...Love plays a very important role in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes were watching God. Janie spent her days looking for love. She thought of love just as she thought of the elements of springtime: Sunny days, bright skies, a bee pollinating pear tree blossoms. She searched far and wide for this kind of perfect love. Logan Killicks couldn't give this kind of love to Janie. He may not have loved her at all. To him, Janie was just another working set of hands. He treated her almost like another man. He was inconsiderate of her feelings, her hopes, her aspirations. He probably didn't know the color of her eyes. Janie was worked hard by Logan. He made her do all sorts of things that only men should have to have done. He was even going to make her plow the fields-a job that requires a considerable amount of strength: strength that Janie didn't have. Janie complained that nothing beautiful was ever said. She had no love with Logan Killicks. That is why she left him for a man that showed much potential to give the kind of love she was looking for. The whistling man that Janie ran away with was Jody Starks. With Jody, Janie thought that she would forever have "flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything." She thought she'd have "a bee for her bloom". She didn't exactly find this in Jody though. In him she definitely found change and chance, but still not the love she was looking for. What Jody had for Janie was more of a lust than a love. He was very...
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...roof and walls and strikes the objects inside- plants, flowerpots, tables, and so forth. These objects absorb energy from sun, become warmer, and then give off energy themselves in the form of heat. Only a little of this heat energy passes out through the glass, much of it is "trapped" in the greenhouse, raising the temperature inside. In some ways, the earth functions rather like a greenhouse except on a much larger scale. Although the greenhouse effect has only recently been in the news, is nothing new in th history of our planet, has played major role in making life on earth possible. Without the greenhouse effect, the earth would be too cold for living thing to survive. The big question today is "If greenhouse effect is natural, why are people so worried about it. Is soemthing good turning bad?" Up until about 150 years ago the compostion of the earths atmosphere had remianed relatively unchanged for several thousand years. Since mid 1800s certain human activities have been changing the heat trappin ability of the atmospher dramatically, as a result more heat is being trapped by the atmosphere. Scientists have been anticipating this "strengthening" of the greenhouse effect for sometime, and that it will lead to a worldwide increase in temperature. This is come true because the world is getting warmer. Global warming can be expected...
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